Christian v. Sizemore

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Collateral estoppel is essentially a doctrine which precludes the relitigation of an issue, while res judicata precludes relitigation of the same cause of action.” (emphasis added)
• “issues are not actually litigated in a default judgment action and, consequently, [...] default judgments are not appropriate foundations for the application of collateral estoppel”
• “issues are not actually litigated in a default judgment action and, consequently, […] default judgments are not appropriate foundations for the application of collateral estoppel”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).